Current/Future Weather Satellite Programs Template

Institute name: Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos – CPTEC/INPE

Web Site: http://satelite.cptec.inpe.br/

TOPIC	Information, Web sites, Contact Persons …
Satellite name: § operational, research …	The Satellite Division of the CPTEC has operational information collected by NOAA-14 (TOVS), NOAA-16(ATOVS), AQUA, TERRA and GOES. One of the research activities is concentrated in inverse problems to retrieve vertical profiles of temperature and moisture using NOAA (ATOVS) and AQUA (AIRS, AMSU) information.
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Instrument(s): § specifications, accuracy … § applications (i.e., NWP, climate..) § status/health	The Satellite Division of the CPTEC develops research activities using satellite measurements, developing methods to retrieve atmospheric and surface variables, for example, winds, temperature, humidity, radiation and precipitation. These activities generate operational information to be used in weather forecast, climate research and for assimilation in PNT models at CPTEC.
Products § level-0, § level-1 § level-2 …	For atmospheric sounding the Division has L0 (HRTP, PDS), L1 (binary, HDF) and L2 (binary, ASCII) information for NOAA, AQUA and TERRA.
Product Dissemination: § global, direct broadcast § retransmission service on which area (e.g. EARS) § real-time constraints … § access: ftp, direct acquisition, dedicated bandwidths, EARS …	The products over Brazil are available on website and they (binary or ASCII files) can be requested by e-mail (satelite@cptec.inpe.br).
Processing Packages: § available packages (for I/O, pre-processing, products …) § documentation and formats	Here in Brazil we are using the ITPP (NOAA-14) and ICI (NOAA-16) to retrieve atmospheric profiles. The output files are in binary or ASCII format. For MODIS data we are using IMAPP. In 2005 will be used a Neural Network model to retrieval atmospheric profiles from AIRS information.
Archive: § time period § formats § available processing packages § time delay
Available Validation Datasets (including collocated radiosonde, NWP, other satellites, prelaunch …)
Other	Soundings Name: Rodrigo Augusto Ferreira de Souza Group: Divisão de Satélites e sistemas Ambientais (DSA/CPTEC), Brazil. Instruments: Range of sensors (TOVS, ATOVS, MODIS). Measurement: Vertical Profiles of Temperature and Moisture. For additional information please visit the web site http://satelite.cptec.inpe.br/ or contact directly rodrigo@cptec.inpe.br